# Dedicated quality assurance/quality control analyst at UW-Madison CTSA Hub

> **NIH NIH UL1** · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · 2021 · $96,638

## Abstract

7. Project Summary/Abstract:
Despite efforts to comply with NIH/NCATS regulations, the University of Wisconsin (UW) Institute for
Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) faces substantial failure rates in obtaining prior approval for
KL2 and pilot projects, error-free eRA submissions, XTrain documentation and compliance with other
reporting requirements. The objective of this application is to hire, train and position a Quality
Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Analyst to be the primary point of contact to streamline and
strengthen prior approval processes to support successful submissions to NCATS,
reducing the administrative burden on NCATS/NIH, UW-Madison PIs, key personnel, and
administrative staff. The QA/QC Analyst will be the primary point of contact for ICTR regulatory
approval, will define specific process problems and implement interventions to address them, and will
serve as a primary liaison with the UW Health Sciences Institutional Review Board, UW Research and
Sponsored Programs and the NCATS QA consortium. Metrics of success will include satisfactory
completion of QA/QC training by incumbent, establishment of standard operation procedures (SOPs),
reduced numbers of errors returned to ICTR, and reduced time for successful regulatory approval. The
broader impacts of the QA/QC analyst will be to reduce the amount of time ICTR Administration spends
correcting documentation; decrease the amount of NCATS/NIH staff time spent seeking clarification
and corrections; free ICTR translational researchers to focus on their scientific projects; and support our
academic medical center to implement rigorous and innovative science to more efficiently impact
patients and communities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10251624
- **Project number:** 3UL1TR002373-04S3
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
- **Principal Investigator:** ELIZABETH S BURNSIDE
- **Activity code:** UL1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $96,638
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-12-15 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10251624

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10251624, Dedicated quality assurance/quality control analyst at UW-Madison CTSA Hub (3UL1TR002373-04S3). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10251624. Licensed CC0.

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